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Saturday, August 1, 2020

Hemachandra

Hemachandra A prominent jaina author of the 12th century, he was the
author of Trisastisalaka Purushacharita, an enormous work dealing with the
lives of 126 Jaina saints. The Parisistaparvan (which deals with, among other
things, the conversion of Chandragupta Maurya to Jainism) is its supplement.

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